Items with tag “1978”

September 29, 2011, 1:31AM

How would you rank the '11 Red Sox collapse compared to notable others? It's understandable why comparisons to the '78 Yankees would surface. Objectively speaking I'd say the '78 collapse was bigger for the following reasons: 1. In August 1978 Boston had a 14-game lead....14 in August!!!! 2. The Yankees were fledgling....it was a zoo. 3. Billy Martin's volatility- firing... Full story »

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

Rogers Taylor, center, the brother of Ernest Taylor, sits in Superior Court in Newark for the arraignments of Lee Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. Both men are charged with the murder of Ernest Taylor and four other teenage boys in 1978. Newark, NJ Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

(L-R) Terry Lawson, the sister of Michael McDowell and his Aunt Helen Simmons, enter Superior Court in Newark for the arraignments of Lee Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. Both men are charged with the murder of McDowell and four other teenage boys in 1978. Newark, NJ Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

Terry Lawson the sister of Michael McDowell and his Aunt, Helen Simmons, are surrounded by family members as the talk to the media. McDowell is one of five teenage boys who disappeared in 1978 and are presumed murdered. Newark NJ. Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

Lee Evans, 56, of Irvington, one of two men arraigned in Superior Court in Newark for his alleged role in the murders of five teenage boys in 1978, is lead into court. Newark. NJ Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City, right, one of two men arraigned in Superior Court in Newark for his alleged role in the murders of five teenage boys in 1978, is lead out of court by an Essex County Sheriffs Officer. Newark, NJ Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

Family members of 5 teenage boys who were disappeared in 1978 and presumed murdered, sit in Superior Court in Newark for the arraignment of alleged murderers, Lee Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. Newark, NJ Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.

March 24, 2010, 2:22PM

Terry Lawson the sister of Michael McDowell sits in Superior Court in Newark during the arraignments of Lee Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. Both men are charged with the murder of McDowell and four other teenage boys in 1978. Newark, NJ Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger.